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The Theology of Illness  with Dr. Jean-Claude Larchet

The Theology of Illness with Dr. Jean-Claude Larchet

The health of our soul is more important than the health of our body, yet in our modern age of materialism, we have made the medical doctor the new high priest of a civilization seeking purely physical solutions to problems previously presumed to involve the soul....

The Coronavirus—Comfort and Insight from Fr. Themi

The Coronavirus—Comfort and Insight from Fr. Themi

​This edition of Hank Unplugged was organized by Paradise 4 Kids Global, including Fr. Themi’s Orthodox mission in Sierra Leone, where it is his work to preach the Gospel and meet the needs of the poor in the name of Jesus. Fr. Themi lived in the epicenter of the...

Caricatures of Reason and Its Users

Caricatures of Reason and Its Users

This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 37, number 05 (2014). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL go to:...

Responding to Evil Christianly

Responding to Evil Christianly

This article first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 39, number 06 (2016). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here.   In the early morning...

Is It Immoral to Believe in God?

Is It Immoral to Believe in God?

  This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 38, number 04 (2015). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL go to:...

The Life between the Life Before and the Life After

The Life between the Life Before and the Life After

This review first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 37, number 03 (2014). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL go to:...

Creation: Full of Bad Design and Pointless Waste?

The explosion of intelligent design (ID) is undoubtedly one factor that has united the efforts of the New Atheists such as Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens. There is another, lesser-known group that has also been provoked by the progress of ID: theistic...

The “Jesus Seminar”: The Quest for the “Imaginary” Jesus

This article first appeared in Forward volume 9, number 1 (1986). The full PDF can be viewed by clicking here.   Did He or didn’t He? Did Jesus really say the things attributed Him in the Gos­pels? For members of the Jesus Seminar, in many cases the answer is no....

Jehovah’s Witnesses Defended: An Answer to Scholars and Critics

This book review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 21, number 2 (1998).   Summary Critique of Jehovah’s Witnesses Defended: An Answer to Scholars and Critics Greg Stafford (Elihu Books, 1998) Jehovah’s Witnesses are not known for engaging...

Care of the Soul

This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 18, number 2 (Fall 1995). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here.   A Summary Critique of Care of the Soul A Guide for Cultivating Depth and Sacredness in Everyday...

Am I a Bad Christian for Watching Hallmark Christmas Movies?

Am I a Bad Christian for Watching Hallmark Christmas Movies?

This is an online-exclusive viewpoint article from the Christian Research Journal. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. ***Note originally published Dec 05, 2019.**** Viewpoint articles address relevant...

A Summary Critique: Universalism Isn’t for Everyone

If Grace Is True: Why God Will Save Every Person Philip Gulley and James Mulholland (HarperSanFrancisco, 2003) This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 27, number 4 (2004). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research...

The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason

This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 29, number 1 (2006). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here.   Sam Harris is terrified. He worries that human civilization is racing toward the brink of...

The Wisdom of Pixar

The Wisdom of Pixar

  This article first appeared in Christian Research Journal, volume 33, number 03 (2010). For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal go to: http://www.equip.org SYNOPSIS Films by Pixar Animation Studios are not only entertaining,...

Caroline Myss and the New Age Contract

This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 25, number 4 (2003). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here.   A Summary Critique of Sacred Contracts: Awakening Your Divine Potential Caroline Myss (Henry Holt,...

Have You Considered Trying Harder: The Theology of Rachel Hollis

Have You Considered Trying Harder: The Theology of Rachel Hollis

This is an online-exclusive feature article from the Christian Research Journal. For further information or to subscribe to the Christian Research Journal please click here. When you to subscribe to the JOURNAL ,you join the team of print subscribers whose paid...

Q&A: Thieves on the Cross, Unrepentance, and Circumcision

Q&A: Thieves on the Cross, Unrepentance, and Circumcision

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Dying to Self and Living for Christ, and Q&A

Dying to Self and Living for Christ, and Q&A

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What Is Gnosticism?

The following is an excerpt from article DG040-1 of the Christian Research Journal. The full article can be viewed by following the link below. What Is Gnosticism? Gnosticism has come to mean just about anything. Calling someone a Gnostic can make the person either...

The End of Civilization, and Q&A

The End of Civilization, and Q&A

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (09/19/18), Hank discusses an article he read in the National Review that caused all kinds of thoughts to rattle through his mind. The article is titled “Democrats, Kavanaugh, and ‘The End of Civilization’” by Andrew C. McCarthy....

Encore: Anti-Intellectualism in the Church and Q&A

Encore: Anti-Intellectualism in the Church and Q&A

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast, Hank underscores another article in the Christian Research Journal titled “Anti-Intellectualism in the Church.” In the article, Professor Michael Austin asserts that anti-intellectualism is rampant in the church today. We have...

Riots—The Ripened Fruit of Educational Indoctrination, and Q&A

Riots—The Ripened Fruit of Educational Indoctrination, and Q&A

On today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast (06/16/20), Hank continues his discussion on racism, riots, and radicalism, which are three things that he considers the ripened fruit of educational indoctrination. An article Hank read this morning in USA Today seems to justify...

Best of BAM: Anti-Intellectualism in the Church and Q&A

Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics:   Hank's Prologue: Hank underscores another article in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL titled "Anti-Intellectualism in the Church." In the article, Professor Michael Austin asserts that...

Civilization’s Fragility and Q&A

Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics:   Hank's Prologue: Hank recounts the words of Christian author Os Guinness. No matter how grand a civilization may be, there is an ultimate flimsiness. If you view Washington, DC from the...

Personal Experience or Biblical Revelation? and Q&A

Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics:   Hank's Prologue: Hank shares his thought on popular near-death experiences that have been published in books and made into films. The book, The Boy Who Came Back from Heaven was supposedly...

Seated in Heavenly Places, and Q&A

Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics:   Hank's Prologue: Hank relates the thesis of Watchman Nee’s book Sit, Walk, Stand, in which Nee says the Christian life does not begin with walking, but with sitting. Most Christians make...

One of the Fastest Growing Religions, and Q&A

Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics:   Hank's Prologue: Hank lists statistics on Islam which is one of the world’s fastest growing religions with over one billion followers. Forty percent of south-east Asia is Muslim and...

Theistic Evolution

Under the banner of Theistic evolution, a growing number of Christians maintain that God used evolution as His method for creation. That, in my estimation, is the worst of all possibilities. It is one thing to believe in evolution; it is quite another to blame God for...

The Raging Battle for Truth, and Q&A

The Raging Battle for Truth, and Q&A

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Q&A: Fasting, Online Church, and Positive Christianity

Q&A: Fasting, Online Church, and Positive Christianity

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Questions and Answers with Hank

March 12, 2012 Hank shares on preparing our hearts for Resurrection Sunday, and the centrality of the resurrection to the Christian faith (0:52) Questions / Comments In John 20:27, after Jesus raised from the dead, did Thomas really touch the Lord’s wounds? (4:56)...

Questions and Answers with Hank

May 1, 202 Questions / Comments How can I witness to my friend who is watching the television show Jesus Conspiracies? (4:57) Do you know anything about David Stewart and his Jesus is Savior webpage? (9:12) What is biblical repentance? Is teachings about repenting and...

The Callousness of Planned Parenthood, and Q&A

Today’s Bible Answer Man broadcast includes the following topics:   Hank's Prologue: Hank shares his thoughts on the difficulty he had last night watching graphic images of Planned Parenthood doctors brazenly talking about money while cameras zoomed into...

Spielberg’s Nostalgia for Reality in Ready Player One

Spielberg’s Nostalgia for Reality in Ready Player One

  Film Web Review Ready Player One Directed by Steven Spielberg (Rated PG-13, 2018) Ernest Cline’s 2011 science fiction novel Ready Player One tells the story of a dystopian society in the near future where people spend most of their waking hours inside a virtual...

Birthday Celebrations and Jehovah’s Witnesses

Birthday Celebrations and Jehovah’s Witnesses

This article first appeared in the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, volume 34, number 06 (2011). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL go to:...

Urantia: The Great Cult Mystery

This review first appeared in the Christian Research Journal, volume 19, number 2 (Fall 1996). For more information about the Christian Research Journal, click here.   Book review of Urantia: The Great Cult Mystery Martin Gardner (Prometheus Books, 1995) For...

Marshall McLuhan, What Were You Doin’?

Marshall McLuhan, What Were You Doin’?

This article first appeared in Christian Research Journal, volume 34, number 06 (2011). The full text of this article in PDF format can be obtained by clicking here. For further information or to subscribe to the CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL go to:...